Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [been] called [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been called a dragon in my time , Shelley , but in my case I 've knowingly been an old crosspatch sometimes . ’ |
| 2 | I 've been called the quiet man and I would n't argue with that . ’ |
| 3 | She has been called the mourning Athena , since the bent head suggests grief . |
| 4 | From about 1902 she and Bateson were the leading members of the team which started the modern study of plant genetics in Britain ; indeed , she has been called the ‘ mother ’ of British plant genetics . |
| 5 | She had been called a despicable woman , a scarlet creature , a hussy , a jessy , and on the occasions when her father had taken drink , much worse . |
| 6 | they 've been called the white Marxist Public Enemy ; hypocrites ; idealists ; patronising liberal males . |
| 7 | As such they have been called the ‘ securities market line ’ . |
| 8 | He has been called the Bellamy of fossils for his ability to inspire his listeners . |
| 9 | In my view , however , therein lies its strength ; it is a programme that can be relied on to give an unvarnished account of the proceedings of the House and its committees ; it has been called a mini-Hansard . |
| 10 | In some lesser developed countries , particularly in central and east Africa , it has been called a ‘ bureaucratic bourgeoisie ’ , a term which is discussed below . |
| 11 | It has been called a " gut " response . |
| 12 | It has been called the ‘ British Problem ’ , brought into being by a combination of renewed English ambition and , for the first time , a new attitude among at least some of the Scots to their southern neighbour . |
| 13 | IT HAS been called the victimless crime . |
| 14 | It has been called the Dance of the Clouds . |
| 15 | It has been called the flower of Spain . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It has been called the quickest personal growth experience you can have . |
| 17 | ‘ He 'd been called a wop and I was called a coon . |
| 18 | This case provides the clearest indication of how the popular press may trade in deciding the appropriate nickname for a new case when the Star decided to focus special attention on this rape of a 6-year-old ‘ He 's been called The Beast , The Monster , the evil sex maniac … . |
| 19 | He 's been called the boy they ca n't lock up . |